Okey, so in a nutshell, Impressionism is a theory or a style of painting
of music. For instance painting a picture that makes us think such as a
painting showing the actual corruption of politics by displaying greed and
money. Musically it's the same. Writing lyrics that expresses the writers'
opinions and feelings, not just pleasing them. Writing about their views on
again, the all ever favourite, politics.
The word impressionism comes from the famous painting by Claude Monet
"Impression, soleil levant".
2. Art in the Impressionism in general
The art in the Impressionism consisted mostly of artists from Paris who with
their independed exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s-1880s.
The most famous painting probably is Claude Monet's "Impression, soleil levant"
1872. This painting provoked critics from people like Louis Leroy to coin the phrase
in a magazine called Le Charivari. This is Claude Monet's famous picture;
Some common artistic methods during this period were often the use of boldness
and a picture that would "Shoot" out with an Impression on the person seeing the
painting. Natural light, which gives the feeling of reality is important. Shadings were
often used, who knows, maybe to display the horrid reality in the shadows. Thick and
short strokes of paint to capture the picture right away instead of in detail, once again
to give the impression in the piece.
In general the art in the Impressionism was inspiring, probably moving and for some
ignorant people revealing in a sence. As for the other artists they were also inspired
by each other and had a lot of more good ideas come out of it. The art was there to
give people an impression of the artist's feelings, obviously and they succeeded pretty
well.
3.Monet
Claude Monet made a lot of famous and "impressioning" pictures in his days, one of
which has been mentioned above,"Impression, soleil levant". This work is what actually
founded the term Impressionism, and thus he is a vital man in the story of Impressionism.
We do not care when he was born, but I'll let you know anyway. His full name wasOscar
Claude Monet(14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926). Paris was his hometown, and he
dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and went off with his widowed and childless
aunt. Interesting to see how all the great minds decide to quit school at the age of 16.
He had a lot of famous people mentoring and tutoring him in his paintings along the way,
which lead to these beautiful pictures. He traveled to visit the Louvre, and was basically
bored with all that he saw. Nothing inspiring, copied paintings of all the previous artists
were posted to view.
He wanted something else, and thus he, having brought all his
material, sat in a window and painted what he saw and felt. Again, his painting "Impression,
soleil levant" is one of many masterpieces that in this case coined the phrase Impression by
critics. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt was one of his first works, this one made his
breakthrough though, and from there on he continued to make these increasingly satisfying
paintings.
4.Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his name was. One of the leading painters like Claude he certainly
were. Born in February 25, 1841, died December 3, 1919 thus another great painter was lost.
His painting started as a child when he worked at a factory, and his talent was noticed and
further he was asked to do some work which included chinese designs to hangings for
missionaries. In those years, he did as Claude, he went to the Louvre and had a peek at
some of the master painters, dreaming of being one. In 1862 he began studying art and
met among other Mr. Monet. Funny the arithmatic in all this. Renoir experienced his first
artistic acclaim when six of his paintings hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Then he was considered an accomplished painter.
This is one of his many famous paintings which is called "Bal du moulin de la Galette" and has
the same characteristics as some of the Claude paintings.
5.Pissarro
Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro was his name, and until the age of twelve was an unschooled
child, at twelve he was sent to a boarding school. During his stay there he became more and more
fond of anarchism, which is pretty interesting considering the work he did (impressionism). In 1855
he went off to Paris to study, once again, at Louvre etcetera to become one of many great painters.
One of his most appreciated early works was "Jallais Hill, Pontoise 1867".Pissarro married Julie Vellay, a maid in his mother's home.They had eight children, one of which died at birth and one daughter died aged nine. The surviving children all painted and lived good lives.
This is his famous "Jallais Hill".
6. Music in the Impressionism in general
Music in the Impressionism was areaction to 19th century Romanticism.
Again, most of this took place in France along with the great painters
we now know all about. Impressionist music focused on suggestion and
atmosphere instead of the normal emotions you find elsewhere. There
are two really known composers of this time; Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel which we will hear about now.
7.Debussy
Claude Debussy, (Achille-Claude Debussy) came out of a tummy on August 22,
1862 and left us at March 25, 1918. Along with Ravel, he was one of the most
known and symbolic figures of the Impressionist music at the time.
His talent was truly discovered in1872, at age ten, after which he joined Paris
Conservatorie, which he stayed for 11 years. His mucis is known for only using
one pitch or key. His music had correlations with the turbulence in his own life
which one then of course can see how turbulent it was. His music was inspired
by another strain of era, called the Symbolism.
All the way in his schooling, he was talented, but he continued to question the
establishment of especially the school and how it ran. He was an outstanding
pianist and among the few that could be whatever he would chose to be. For two
years during 1980-1982 he spent time teaching children in Russia in which he
did produce some pieces, but none were printed under his name.
In 1884 he won the Prix de Rome, and his breakthrough truly began. From then
on he kept making more and more touching pieces of work, and thus we know
him as Claude Debussy.
8.Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel, March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937 was along side with
Claude Debussy in terms of being the most renown composers in the era of
Impressionism.
Surprise surprise, the two of them met later in life during the 1890's at which point
Claude was highly known. They both admired each other, and both got something
out of the accuaintance in their music. His breakthrough was "Mirrors"in1905 which
was considered a striking beauty and somewhat original compositions.
Ravel entered the war, and met among others a young Adolf Hitler, and wanted to
fight in the air force. Yet his health was considered too poor to participate, and since
his mother had just passed, which he was very fond of, he entered what he called
horrible despair. He did create some compositions during the war, all of them greatly liked.
His death all began with a taxi accident, which at the time wasn't considered truly harmful,
in the end he volunteered to brain surgery experimentation, in which he died in late 1937
aged 62.
9.Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams is probably the greatest composer Britain has seen since the days of Henry
Purcell. In a long career, he composed music noted for its power, nobility and expressiveness, representing, the essence of 'Englishness'. Vaughan Williams was born in 1872. He was
educated at Charterhouse School, then Trinity College, Cambridge. Later on he was a student of
Stanford and Parry at the Royal College of Music following his studies with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. Interesting mark is that this man's writing did not improve with age,
it rather was the opposite.
Vaughan Williams' works are quite spread and uneven, all that can be said is that his works were
great, and his persona will be missed. His death in 1958was a tragic one, but at least he perished
of natural causes.
10.Delius
Finally we have the great Delius!29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934, and his works are those of which
I prefer the best. His parents were both German, and he was a German-English composer. Sooner
or later his father decided to let him be educated in Leipzig for musical purposes. There he actually
befriended himself with Grieg, and Grieg insisted on a lifelong friendship. One can wonder why.
He was intrieged by African-American music and culture, and many of his works derived from there.
His first composition published was in Florida, called "Florida Suite". From then on he continued to
make composition after composition more amazing than the other. His musical genious was often
based in harmonies and that really is all that can be said.
This man will be dearly missed to me anyway, and he died of natural causes in the tenth of June 1934.
Leo's Wiki on Impressionism
1. Impressionism
Okey, so in a nutshell, Impressionism is a theory or a style of painting
of music. For instance painting a picture that makes us think such as a
painting showing the actual corruption of politics by displaying greed and
money. Musically it's the same. Writing lyrics that expresses the writers'
opinions and feelings, not just pleasing them. Writing about their views on
again, the all ever favourite, politics.
The word impressionism comes from the famous painting by Claude Monet
"Impression, soleil levant".
2. Art in the Impressionism in general
The art in the Impressionism consisted mostly of artists from Paris who with
their independed exhibitions brought them to prominence in the 1870s-1880s.
The most famous painting probably is Claude Monet's "Impression, soleil levant"
1872. This painting provoked critics from people like Louis Leroy to coin the phrase
in a magazine called Le Charivari. This is Claude Monet's famous picture;
Some common artistic methods during this period were often the use of boldness
and a picture that would "Shoot" out with an Impression on the person seeing the
painting. Natural light, which gives the feeling of reality is important. Shadings were
often used, who knows, maybe to display the horrid reality in the shadows. Thick and
short strokes of paint to capture the picture right away instead of in detail, once again
to give the impression in the piece.
In general the art in the Impressionism was inspiring, probably moving and for some
ignorant people revealing in a sence. As for the other artists they were also inspired
by each other and had a lot of more good ideas come out of it. The art was there to
give people an impression of the artist's feelings, obviously and they succeeded pretty
well.
3.Monet
Claude Monet made a lot of famous and "impressioning" pictures in his days, one of
which has been mentioned above, "Impression, soleil levant". This work is what actually
founded the term Impressionism, and thus he is a vital man in the story of Impressionism.
We do not care when he was born, but I'll let you know anyway. His full name was Oscar
Claude Monet (14 November 1840 – 5 December 1926). Paris was his hometown, and he
dropped out of school at the age of sixteen and went off with his widowed and childless
aunt. Interesting to see how all the great minds decide to quit school at the age of 16.
He had a lot of famous people mentoring and tutoring him in his paintings along the way,
which lead to these beautiful pictures. He traveled to visit the Louvre, and was basically
bored with all that he saw. Nothing inspiring, copied paintings of all the previous artists
were posted to view.
He wanted something else, and thus he, having brought all his
material, sat in a window and painted what he saw and felt. Again, his painting "Impression,
soleil levant" is one of many masterpieces that in this case coined the phrase Impression by
critics. On the Bank of the Seine, Bennecourt was one of his first works, this one made his
breakthrough though, and from there on he continued to make these increasingly satisfying
paintings.
4.Renoir
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, his name was. One of the leading painters like Claude he certainly
were. Born in February 25, 1841, died December 3, 1919 thus another great painter was lost.
His painting started as a child when he worked at a factory, and his talent was noticed and
further he was asked to do some work which included chinese designs to hangings for
missionaries. In those years, he did as Claude, he went to the Louvre and had a peek at
some of the master painters, dreaming of being one. In 1862 he began studying art and
met among other Mr. Monet. Funny the arithmatic in all this. Renoir experienced his first
artistic acclaim when six of his paintings hung in the first Impressionist exhibition in 1874.
Then he was considered an accomplished painter.
This is one of his many famous paintings which is called "Bal du moulin de la Galette" and has
the same characteristics as some of the Claude paintings.
5.Pissarro
Jacob-Abraham-Camille Pissarro was his name, and until the age of twelve was an unschooled
child, at twelve he was sent to a boarding school. During his stay there he became more and more
fond of anarchism, which is pretty interesting considering the work he did (impressionism). In 1855
he went off to Paris to study, once again, at Louvre etcetera to become one of many great painters.
One of his most appreciated early works was "Jallais Hill, Pontoise 1867". Pissarro married Julie Vellay, a maid in his mother's home. They had eight children, one of which died at birth and one daughter died aged nine. The surviving children all painted and lived good lives.
This is his famous "Jallais Hill".
6. Music in the Impressionism in general
Music in the Impressionism was a reaction to 19th century Romanticism.
Again, most of this took place in France along with the great painters
we now know all about. Impressionist music focused on suggestion and
atmosphere instead of the normal emotions you find elsewhere. There
are two really known composers of this time; Claude Debussy and Maurice
Ravel which we will hear about now.
7.Debussy
Claude Debussy, (Achille-Claude Debussy) came out of a tummy on August 22,
1862 and left us at March 25, 1918. Along with Ravel, he was one of the most
known and symbolic figures of the Impressionist music at the time.
His talent was truly discovered in 1872, at age ten, after which he joined Paris
Conservatorie, which he stayed for 11 years. His mucis is known for only using
one pitch or key. His music had correlations with the turbulence in his own life
which one then of course can see how turbulent it was. His music was inspired
by another strain of era, called the Symbolism.
All the way in his schooling, he was talented, but he continued to question the
establishment of especially the school and how it ran. He was an outstanding
pianist and among the few that could be whatever he would chose to be. For two
years during 1980-1982 he spent time teaching children in Russia in which he
did produce some pieces, but none were printed under his name.
In 1884 he won the Prix de Rome, and his breakthrough truly began. From then
on he kept making more and more touching pieces of work, and thus we know
him as Claude Debussy.
8.Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel, March 7, 1875 – December 28, 1937 was along side with
Claude Debussy in terms of being the most renown composers in the era of
Impressionism.
Surprise surprise, the two of them met later in life during the 1890's at which point
Claude was highly known. They both admired each other, and both got something
out of the accuaintance in their music. His breakthrough was "Mirrors" in 1905 which
was considered a striking beauty and somewhat original compositions.
Ravel entered the war, and met among others a young Adolf Hitler, and wanted to
fight in the air force. Yet his health was considered too poor to participate, and since
his mother had just passed, which he was very fond of, he entered what he called
horrible despair. He did create some compositions during the war, all of them greatly liked.
His death all began with a taxi accident, which at the time wasn't considered truly harmful,
in the end he volunteered to brain surgery experimentation, in which he died in late 1937
aged 62.
9.Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams is probably the greatest composer Britain has seen since the days of Henry
Purcell. In a long career, he composed music noted for its power, nobility and expressiveness, representing, the essence of 'Englishness'. Vaughan Williams was born in 1872. He was
educated at Charterhouse School, then Trinity College, Cambridge. Later on he was a student of
Stanford and Parry at the Royal College of Music following his studies with Max Bruch in Berlin and Maurice Ravel in Paris. Interesting mark is that this man's writing did not improve with age,
it rather was the opposite.
Vaughan Williams' works are quite spread and uneven, all that can be said is that his works were
great, and his persona will be missed. His death in 1958 was a tragic one, but at least he perished
of natural causes.
10.Delius
Finally we have the great Delius! 29 January 1862 – 10 June 1934, and his works are those of which
I prefer the best. His parents were both German, and he was a German-English composer. Sooner
or later his father decided to let him be educated in Leipzig for musical purposes. There he actually
befriended himself with Grieg, and Grieg insisted on a lifelong friendship. One can wonder why.
He was intrieged by African-American music and culture, and many of his works derived from there.
His first composition published was in Florida, called "Florida Suite". From then on he continued to
make composition after composition more amazing than the other. His musical genious was often
based in harmonies and that really is all that can be said.
This man will be dearly missed to me anyway, and he died of natural causes in the tenth of June 1934.